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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2825868, member: 31620&quot;]Dr. Sylviane Estiot has just commented on my coin elsewhere and has made some interesting points that I had not been aware of.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Bastien was aware of this coin and it corresponds to Bastien 312 (allocated to emission 7, dated to summer A.D. 281). He knew of 4 examples of the coin and only one more example has come to light in recent years apart from my example, this coin was acquired&nbsp; by Bibliothèque nationale Paris (1985). No other examples noted in Bastien Supplement I or II.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Bastien was aware of another Antoninianus from the same reverse die in Vienna. This coin has a different bust type (Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the rear)</p><p><br /></p><p>All the above cons come from a single reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) What is of particular interest is that this reverse die also turns up as the reverse die of an aureus, Bastien 301 (one aureus known, an old sale Kress München 10/11/1969, 874, never seen again since) obverse IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right. Which means that the aureus reverse die has been used for a small series of radiate coins and explains why this reverse has no officina mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since then a new aureus with a laureate cuirassed bust left from a new reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>The use of an aureus reverse die for base metal coinage is known but seems quite scarce. All this adds to my appreciation of what I already considered a special coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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